The Youth Employment Service has reached a new record of helping 32 400 youth to access jobs this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.
The programme has seen 32 400 young people access jobs this year.The Youth Employment Service programme has reached a new record of helping 32 400 youths access jobs this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.
The YES programme is part of the broader Presidential Youth Employment Intervention, which is government's flagship initiative to respond to youth unemployment.In his weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the programme was"an ambitious partnership with the private sector to address the crisis of youth unemployment", with companies providing work experience opportunities for young people.
One participant, who was placed with Mercedes-Benz for a year, was the sole breadwinner for a family of four. She told YES that not only was she able to support her family, she was also able to save up to start a broiler chicken business. "One of the YES participants was placed at the Drone Academy, a hub in Alexandra township in Gauteng that offers training in the maintenance, repair, servicing and operation of drones used for business. Having completed his training, he is now employed as a systems integration engineer with a leading Netherlands-based chip manufacturing firm," Ramaphosa said.
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